“Rental Amenities The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta offers its building for rent to individuals and groups whose rental purposes align with our mission. If you would like more information or would like availability information about a specific date, please feel free to call us. Our office administrator is available most weekday afternoons by appointment. If you call the office [(404) 378-5570] and leave a message, we’ll return your call as soon as possible. You can also email us at office@firstexistentialist.org. The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta offers its building for rent to individuals and groups whose rental purposes align with our mission. If you would like more information or would like availability information about a specific date, please feel free to call us. Our office administrator is available most weekday afternoons by appointment. If you call the office [(404) 378-5570] and leave a message, we’ll return your call as soon as possible. You can also email us at office@firstexistentialist.org.”
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Sermons over time
Every audio sermon week across the years we have — a filled cell is a week with an upload, darker blue means richer topics. A steady weekly cadence shows as a solid band across years.
LessMore·no upload·known, not transcribed
Each cell is one week · darker blue = richer topics (clean, sermon-only audio scores higher) · pale = thin, faint = no upload · gold outline = known, not yet transcribed · red outline = broken/failed file · uploaded in 30 of 71 weeks across the span (42%).
Video released
Weeks with a video upload (YouTube or livestream). These aren't transcribed, so this only marks presence — no topic coloring.
no video·video released
Each cell is one week · a filled cell is a week with a video upload (not transcribed) · video in 226 of 590 weeks across the span (38%).
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How this church compares
Against other uu and against every sermon on the site. Signals are approximate and grow more reliable as more of the archive is scored.
●this church┃peer average┃site average
Emotional rangesomewhat narrower
Its sermons travel somewhat narrower in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and about the same than the site overall.
site avg 0.12
narrowerpeer avgwider
Emotional intensitysomewhat higher
The peaks run somewhat higher than peers, somewhat higher than the site.
site avg 0.64
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Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #151 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it reads as characteristically uu.
“when close to a million German refugees fled the approaching Russians millions of Russians had died in World War II more than six million Jews were e…”
The First E Sunday Celebration of Life 11 20 22
Nov 22, 2022 · more than it appears
Unitarian Universalist Identity
The First Existentialist Congregation Sunday Celebration of Life 10 30 22
“good morning good morning we are hoping to open with our first congregational song by our musician for the day nick kenny our first song is going to…”
The First E Celebration of Life with Rev. Angela Denise Davis: Why We Must Remember Juneteenth
Jun 20, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Faith & Civic LifeJoy & Gratitude
The First E Celebration of Life with Wade Marbaugh: All The World Is Crazy, Except Thee and Me
Jun 13, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeFriendship & BelongingFaith & Civic Life
The First E Sunday Celebration of Life with Leon Clymore: Free of God
Jun 5, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Faith & DoubtFriendship & Belonging
The First E Sunday Celebratio of Life with Rev. Kim Palmer: Who Am I? Who Do I Want To Be?
May 15, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Fear & AnxietyRacial Justice
The First E Celebration of Life with Anthony Knight--Three Words: Ruminations on the Past and Future
Apr 24, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Identity & WorthFaith & Civic Life
The First E Sunday Celebration of Life with Libby Ware: Rule-breakers and Foremothers
Mar 28, 2022 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeFriendship & BelongingNoah & the Flood
The First E Sunday Celebration of Life with Franklin Abbott: Renaissance
Mar 21, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Baptism & CommunionJoy & GratitudeFaith & Civic Life
The First E Sunday with Charlene Ball: From Shakespeare to Beauvoir: A Feminist Life in Books
“she gave me a copy of dickens a christmas carol marley was dead to begin with when i was in high school after mama died daddy said i could only read…”
The First E Sunday Celebration of Life with Rev. Marti Keller: "Women (and persons) of Valor"
Mar 7, 2022 · families and relationships
Bible & Exposition
The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta Sunday Celebration of Life: Rev. Marsha Mitchiner
Dec 30, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
New Year & Watch Night
The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta Sunday Celebration of Life with Dr. Robert Baker
Nov 11, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeDivorce & Broken Relationships
“he was a handsome man with sharp roman features high cheekbones soft eyes and a graceful smile he was a tall man too over six feet virtually the same…”
The First E Sunday Celebration of Life with Dr. Elizabeth Corrie
Nov 3, 2021 · power between ideas
Racial Justice
“good morning and welcome to the first existentialist congregation of atlanta we are a philosophically based spiritual community founded on existentia…”
Day of the dead Elsa Delgado
Oct 31, 2021 · power between ideas
Joy & Gratitude
“one welcome and thank you to elsa delgado for welcoming us into her home and her beautiful alter her ofrenda por dia de muertos you're very welcome a…”
The First E Sunday Celebration of Life with Anthony Knight: This is Not Who We Are
Oct 17, 2021 · racism race justice black lives matter
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LGBTQ+ affirming
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Creation care / climate
43%
Anti-racism / racial justice
41%
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Economic justice & mutual aid
38%
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Open to people of all faiths
34%
Radical hospitality & accessibility
30%
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Immigrant & refugee welcoming
19%
Reproductive justice
13%
Indigenous relations / land acknowledgment
12%
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Peace & nonviolence
10%
Prison ministry & restorative justice
9%
Disability justice
6%
Mental health
5%
Children & youth
80%
Online worship
67%
Small groups
58%
Financial & governance transparency
37%
Child safety policy
10%
Languages / interpretation
4%
Website & sermons online
This church: video only — like 38% of UU churches.
Audio + videoAudio onlyVideo onlySite, no sermonsFeed without audioJS-only siteBlocked / timeoutDead or hijackedNo website
Website completeness, all churches: a rough score of how complete and easy-to-navigate the church’s own website is.
Among the 3,012 churches with a readable, rated website (scores of 0 and 100 left out), this one scores higher than about 58%.
Values stated, within UU churches: how many of the 29 values we track each church’s website states. This one states 5 — behind 70% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
From their site footer
Charter for Compassion The Charter for Compassion is a document that transcends religious, ideological, and national differences. Supported by leading thinkers from many traditions, the Charter activates the Golden Rule around the world. Read more… Frequently Requested Forms: FirstE_RentalContract 8.2019 (pdf) Reimbursement (check) Request (docx) Reimbursement (check) Request (pdf) The By-Laws of the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta rev. 04.25.2021 Contact & Directions Privacy Policy / Terms of Service Board of Directors, 2021-2022 Patton White (Chair) Katrice Baker Leon Clymore Edith Covington Paul DeRosa Betsy Henderson Laura Hontgas Jan Lister Wade Marbaugh Facebook Proudly powered by WordPress
What their website says
Justice & social positions
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Anti-racism / racial justicesourceWe are standing with many Black communities in their demand for the end to racist police brutality and white supremacy in all its forms… (To read complete statement, please see linked Statement of Solidarity: Black Lives Matter , or refer to About Us page of this website.) Please join us in our Sanctuary, Sunday mornings at 11:00 AM .
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LGBTQ+ affirmingsourceWe believe that no one should be excluded or discriminated against due to race, gender, gender and sexual orientation, physical or intellectual abilities, country of origin, or religion.
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Radical hospitality & accessibilitysourceBuilding Access – wheelchair ramp to the main entrance.
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Economic justice & mutual aidsourceWe also stand in solidarity with the demands for demilitarization of the police and reducing funding of police departments in favor of social programs and institutions that deal with the underlying causes of poverty and crime.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Open to people of all faiths, Immigrant & refugee welcoming, Creation care / climate
Belonging & practical
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Not found on the pages we checked: Children & youth, Languages / interpretation, Online worship, Small groups
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